Regional Act No. 52 on new interventions in the forestry field Country/Territory Italy Territorial subdivision Sicilia Document type Legislation Date 1984 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Sicilia No. 36, 22 August 1984 Subject Forestry, Land & soil Keyword Forest management/forest conservation Erosion Policy/planning Soil conservation/soil improvement Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract All regional interventions aimed at soil conservation, protection of environmental balance and nature preservation shall be implemented in conformity with the general plan referred to in article 1 of Regional Act No. 36 of 16 August 1974. The plan shall be composed of basin plans corresponding to every single hydrographic unit of the regional territory. It shall deal with: (1) general directives to implement soil conservation and hydrogeological adjustment; (2) waterworks intended to restore water courses; (3) afforestation and imporvement of grasslands and pastures; (4) interventions intended to protect forests against fires; and (5) programming of expropriation of lands to be destined to the forest domain. Full text Italian Website www.regione.sicilia.it References - Legislation Implements Regional Act No. 36 on extraordinary interventions in the field of soil conservation and afforestation Legislation | Italy | 1974 Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Erosion, Policy/planning, Subsidy/incentive, Expropriation, Soil conservation/soil improvement Source: FAO, FAOLEX